3525 - Taulara (AE Ares/sword) over uncertain type (Schulten, 27-29 March 1990, 145)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3525

111 BCE - 90 BCE | TAYΛA-PΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 37 - Taulara over uncertain mint.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Münzhandlung Schulten + Co., 27-29 March 1990, lot 145 = Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH, 13 (Sammlung J.-P. Righetti), 9 October 2003, lot 279 = Classical Numismatic Group, EA 215, 29 July 2009, lot 181.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	J.-P. Righetti collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Ares right, Attic wearing a crested helmet.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TAYΛA-PΩΝ (Greek) Sword in sheath.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Taulara

Ancient regionAncient region.

Pontus

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC), Pontic kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 111 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 90 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.88.8 g <br />8,800 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1288-1292, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 304
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/taulara.waddington.1925.3-4

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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